Wreath laying to take place at 10am The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, will join the governor general, David Hurley, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, and other dignitaries for a wreath laying ceremony at Parliament House in just over an hour. My colleague Josh Butler is on his way there to watch the ceremony. Monuments and buildings light up to honour the Queen You might have seen the stunning images last night of the Sydney Opera House with a picture of the late Queen Elizabeth projected on to one of its sails. Other buildings around Australia also lit up to honour the late monarch, with Melbourne’s Flinders Street station turning purple. Around the globe, from Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue to the Empire State Building in New York, monuments turned into tributes. King Charles III gives first address The new monarch, King Charles III (it is still odd typing that), gave his first address overnight from a drawing room in Buckingham Palace – the places from where his mother delivered Christmas speeches. Here’s our story on that. You can also watch the address in full. Australians have woken to their first full day under a new head of state, King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Thanks for being with us again for Guardian Australia’s live news coverage for this Saturday. I’m Graham Readfearn. We can expect more details to be confirmed today of the timing of events that the Queen’s death has triggered. Much will depend on the setting of the date for the Queen’s funeral. There will be a wreath ceremony later today on the Queen’s Terrace at Parliament House in Canberra where the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, will join the governor general, David Hurley, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, and others. Yesterday evening Albanese spoke to the UK prime minister, Liz Truss, to offer his sincere condolences to the government and people of the United Kingdom. The two leaders spoke about Queen Elizabeth II’s “life, legacy and dedication to duty”. Albanese also congratulated Truss on her election to the leadership. Here’s a brief summary of how things unfolded yesterday: In the early hours of Friday, news broke in Australia of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. Tributes flowed all day from the worlds of politics and government, sport and civil society. Anthony Albanese, said the loss would be felt deeply in Australia. Queen Elizabeth was the only reigning monarch most Australians had known, he said. Governor general David Hurley and Albanese will fly to London on Thursday for the Queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey, the date for which is still to be confirmed. Federal parliament will be suspended for 15 days, flags will fly at half mast and state parliaments will not meet next week. Last night a 96-round gun salute was held at Parliament House – one round for each year of the Queen’s life. The sails of the Sydney Opera House, which Queen Elizabeth II opened in 1973, were illuminated in her honour. So too were monuments in other cities. Hurley addressed the nation on Friday night, saying the Queen had left a legacy few in history had been able to match. “Her Majesty’s presence in our lives provided a source of comfort and reassurance,” he said. “She was a constant in our lives, a symbol of stability, inspiration and servant leadership.” The Queen’s death also sparked a public conversation about the future of the monarchy in Australia. Greens leader Adam Bandt wrote on Twitter “we need to become a Republic.”